per se new york, french laundry in yountville, greens san francisco. hi dash, hi boy. his favorite customers are nico and robbie ... think that's pretty good ... who like to help dad shell beans just for fun. thwack, thwack, thwack. we're going to use a pillow case as just whack it with a bat. and whack it, whack it, whack it and you're crushing the beans. the waste stays at the top and then you can reach down and get a beautiful handful of beans. they're blue speckled and blue is my favorite color. i got a green one, green speckled. at steve's home they deal in small numbers of beans, but at the office it's a different story. rancho gordo sells sacks of beans for about five bucks each. they're more expensive than grocery store beans, yes, but steve says the cost's well worth it. commercial beans by the time they reach your table can be 10 ars old, which isn't the most pleasant thought. the difference between these and commercial grocery store beans is the flavor, the texture and the ease of cooking. another difference - steve makes personal deliveries. he's wrapping u